School of Social and Political Science

Background

Project

My project delves into the political engagement of Dalit/Ambedkarite, Left, Liberal, and Right-wing student groups within university campuses, particularly examining their interaction with the 'caste' and its evolution amidst the backdrop of religious nationalist governance.

Supervisors

Professor Wilfried Swenden and Dr Hemangini Gupta

Qualifications

2023-till date: PhD in South Asian Studies, The University of Edinburgh 

2023: Masters in Public Policy, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay

2020: MPhil in Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai

2018: Masters in Social Work, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University 

2015: BA with Political Science, History, and English Literature, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University 

Conference Papers and Workshop Presentations 

"Moral Geographies of the Nation: Caste, Campus Politics, and the Transnational Afterlives of Samagra Hindutva and Ambedkarite Counter(re)publics", Nations, Narratives, and Networks: Rethinking South and Southeast Asia Conference, University of Cambridge (September 2025). 

"After Rohith Vemula: Ethnographies of Caste, Digital Resistance, and Dalit-Bahujan-Ambedkarite Counter(re)publics in Indian Universities", South Asian Anthropologists' Group (SAAG) Workshop, London School of Economics (LSE) (September 2025). 

"When Mayosi Meets Rohith: Fatal Accidents of Belonging and Institutional Necropolitics from Cape Town to Hyderabad", Death in Township Conference, University of Johannesburg (July 2025). 

"Caste, Climate, and Construction Work: Examining Heatwave Vulnerability Among Marginalised Construction Workers in Maharashtra State of India", Paper Development Workshop at the 3rd Global Conference on Caste, Business, and Society, University of Oxford (July 2025).

“Caste and Campus Resistance: Dalit-Bahujan-Ambedkarite Student Activism in Indian Higher Education”, Workshop on Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education, University of Edinburgh (July 2025). 

"Refusing to be Quiet: Dalit Feminist Resistance to Progressive Patriarchy in India's Liberal Universities", Progressive Patriarchs: Manifestation of Patriarchy in Liberal Spaces, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London (June 2025).  

"The Emergence of Subaltern Counterpublics in India: Exploring the Case of Dalit/Ambedkarite Student Activism at Marathwada University", Subalterns in South Asia: 4th International Conference of Indian Association for South Asian Studies (IASAS), Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar (June 2024) 

"Intergenerational Social Mobility Among Dalit  Women", AML National Conference, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Tuljapur (February 2020).

"Intergenerational Social Mobility Among the Dalits and Role of Caste and Gender Interactions", Dr. John Matthai Memorial National Conference, University of Calicut, Kerala (January 2020).

Publications (op-ed articles/public blogs)

"Attack on CJI Gavai: How casteist assertion throws a shoe at fragile constitutional ideals", The Scroll (October 2025).

"Language and Power: What Ambedkar, Periyar, and Gramsci teach us about Maharashtra's Hindi Debate", The Scroll (July 2025). 

"Cricket, Colour, and Caste: South Africa's Equity-Driven WTC Victory and Its Global Implications", Doing Sociology (June 2025). 

"Exploring Ambedkar and Gadge Baba Interaction through Aristotelian Lens", Round Table India (December 2024). 

"Historical Deprivation to Panchayat Leader: The Story of Dalit Women in India", Bodhi Journal, 5(4), (July 2021). 

"In the Name of Honour: Comprehending Honour Killings in India", Critical Edge (September 2020). 

"Comprehending Honour Killings in India", Round Table India (September 2020). 

Research Awards 

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Research Award (2023).

School of Social and Political Science PhD Scholarship (2023).

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar National Research Fellowship (2018).